Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,866, Nathaniel Foster, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Foster, Nathaniel
NUMBER
S. 34.866.
CONTENTS
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7560 P
Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Foster
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of March 1819 and sent to Mr. Wetmore Esq. Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $88.49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Gloucester
Revolutionary claim Nathaniel Foster Massachusetts 1818

✓ Nash. Foster
Col. Ab. Jackson
Regiment
Massachusetts Line
1777 — 3 years
admitted

State of Massachusetts
I Nathaniel Foster a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to April in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty, being three years.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Baileys Company in Colonel Michael Jacksons Regiment part of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven & the remainder of the term aforesaid to Captain John Burnham Company in the same Regiment and that I left the service on April aforesaid being then honorably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty nine years: My discharge has been lost thro lapse of time & I have no other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Nathaniel Foster
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Nathaniel Foster and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence: and, on examination duly made by said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
I also certify that the within named deponents are credible witnesses & have been duly sworn
Wm Wetmore

We the subscribers, rich selectmen of the town of Gloucester testify & say, that we are acquainted with the within named Declarant & believe him to be in his circumstances in life reduced & indigent & in need of assistance from his country for support & we never heard his character for veracity called in question.
Isaac Elwell Charles L. Roberts } Selectmen
Sworn to before me
Wm Whitmore Judge

7560
Nath l Foster 10 March
1819
Cont d Sep 25
1820
[Large cursive signature, possibly 'M']

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nathaniel Foster resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7560 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nathaniel Foster late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No real estate -
1 pot 1 kettle 2 wash tubs 4 chairs 6 knives & forks 5 tea cups & saucers and one table, and is of the value of $ 2.90
The Declarant says that he served three years as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in Capt. John Burnhams company; the Regiment was commanded by Col. Michael Jackson and was the eighth Regiment of the Massachusetts line: that he is sixty years old; has a wife fifty eight years old, and one child thirteen years of age; he has no relatives who are able to contribute to his support: he is a mariner -
Nathaniel Foster
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge above named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nath l Foster do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Nathaniel Foster
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Foster took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
two dollars ninety cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk

am March 23, 1934
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Mrs. W. S. Davenport 1555 Highland Avenue Rochester New York
BA-J/MCS Nathaniel Foster, S. 34866 Samuel Foster, S. 35318
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel, Samuel, and Thomas Foster.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 34866, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathaniel Foster.
He enlisted in April, 1777, place not given, served as private in Captains Bailey's and John Burnham's companies in Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged in April, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and was living in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, aged fifty-eight years, and a child, aged thirteen years, but he did not give their names. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Death not on A. B.
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The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 35318, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Foster.
He was born at Attleboro, Massachusetts. The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

He enlisted in April, 1775, and served eight months in Captain O. Pond's company in Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts regiment. He then joined a company called Smithfield and Cumberland Rangers and served until April, 1777, at which time he enlisted and served about two years as corporal under Captain Dexter in Colonel Israel Angell's Rhode Island regiment and was in the battles of Red Bank, Fort Mifflin, Monmouth and Rhode Island. After this service he returned to Cumberland where his family was living. He later served with the Massachusetts troops as lieutenant under General Wadsworth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1818, at which time he was seventy-five years of age and was living at New Sharon, Kennebec County, Maine District.
In 1820 he was living at New Sharon with his children, names not given.
He died April 2, 1825.
One Richard Foster was living at New Sharon in 1818 but his relation to the soldier was not given.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, this office is unable to send more than two records to each inquirer.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1535 Highland Ave., Rochester, N.Y. Feb. 27, 1934.
Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly inform me if the Nathaniel Foster whose service is given below, had a pension for such service, where he lived when he received it, and all the information you have regarding him.
"Nathaniel Foster, Woolwich, Maine.
On return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Essex Co. of Col. Jonathan Cogswell's regt. dated Ipswich, Feb. 17, 1778. enlisted for Ipswich, for three years; joined John Bailey's Co. Col. Jackson's regt. On muster roll and pay roll of said Co.; enlisted April 30, 1777; discharged May 26, 1777, service 27 days. On army pay accounts of Capt. John Burnham's Co., Col. Jackson's regt.; service from April 30, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779.; also, from Jan. 1, 1780 to April 21, 1780.
Also Thomas Foster, of Ipswich, who was in the same company.
Also Samuel Foster, Lieut, on muster pay roll of Capt. John Blunt's Co. (Lincoln Co. Regt.) enlisted Mar. 6, 1780; discharged Sept. 6, 1780; service six months.
Thanking you for the favor, I am
Yours very truly,
Wm. H. S. Davenport

34 866 Pey INVALID.
1934 Mar 23 hist. to Mrs. W. J. Davenport M.C.S.
File No. 34 866
Nathaniel Foster
His Rev. Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]